Emails flew into inboxes all across New Orleans on Tuesday night, with a rumor that Tujague’s, the city’s second oldest restaurant, may be in jeopardy of closing.

Steven Latter, Tujague's owner, died in February at 64. The restaurant’s building, on Decatur Street in the French Quarter, is owned by his brother, Stanford Latter.

Reached on Wednesday morning, March 20, Stanford Latter said no decisions have been made yet on the property, but he’s considering “all my avenues.”

“Nothing has changed at this point,” he said. “And it may stay exactly the way it is.”

Mark Latter, Steven Latter’s son, helped his dad run Tujague's and now operates it. He said on Wednesday that the restaurant remains open, but he couldn’t comment further.

Stanford Latter bought the building at 823 Decatur St. as a real estate investment in 1982. The restaurant, founded in 1856 by Guillaume Tujague, was already more than a century old by that time. Originally, Stanford Latter's plan was to rent out the property.

“I was just going to rent it out to a franchise, whoever paid me the most rent,” Stanford Latter said last month, speaking to a reporter for his brother’s obituary. “But Steve said, ‘Let’s run it.’ He gave it his life.”

Tujague’s is one of the city's culinary landmarks, a traditional Creole restaurant, with a six-course prix-fixe menu. It's known for the classics like shrimp remoulade and garlicky chicken bonne femme, and the tile-floored dining room appears to have changed little over the past century.